Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 24th July 2024
Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling

Hot in south, thundery showers and rain central Europe

Thursday
Hot and sunny for most of Spain and Portugal. This fine weather extends through the Balearics and much of Italy, although a few showers in northern Italy. Hot and fair too in Italy and Greece.
Cloud and a few showers in the far north of France. Most of the country is going to be fair though with lots of sunshine. Heavy and thundery showers for the Low Countries and most of central and northern Germany as well as northern Poland. The rest of Poland and much of Hungary should be dry. Austria and Switzerland will have some showers.
Heavy and thundery rain in Denmark. A few showers in the Baltic States. Finland will be fair with sunny spells. Rain in the far south of Norway and Sweden. Dry and fair for central and northern Sweden, good spells of sunshine here.

Friday
Staying fine and dry across Spain and Portugal with hot temperatures. Further sunshine in the Balearics and Italy where it is going to be remaining warm. A chance of a thunderstorm in northern Italy. Sunny and dry too for Greece and Turkey with plenty of sunshine and feeling hot.
Scattered showers in central parts of France, thunderstorms in the southeast. Drier in other areas with sunny spells. More sunny spells in the Low Countries and the far north of Germany. Rain and showers for Poland, central and southern Germany. Heavy thunderstorms affecting Hungary, Austria and Switzerland.
Bright in Denmark with sunny spells. Showery rain affecting the Baltic States and Finland. A few showers for much of the east of Sweden. Scattered showers too over western areas of Norway.